Adult Fiction and Non-Fiction of C.S. Lewis - Page 3

hectorberlioz · 04-17-2006, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by GreyMouser

I wondered if Tolkien was happy about that, since he disapproved of the book?

I think that was partly the reason Lewis dedicated it to him

...he had that kind of humour

inked · 05-09-2006, 03:42 PM

CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITY for CS Lewis fans:

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tolkienfan · 05-11-2006, 06:56 PM

I've been thinking a lot about that chapter on friendship in The Four Loves, and I think I understand what he was saying now. A very good book.

sun-star · 05-12-2006, 04:35 AM

If you don't mind me asking, what did you have problems with the first time you read it? Personally I don't like The Four Loves as much as other Lewis books (though it's very well-written and well-argued, of course), and I'd be interested to hear someone else's thoughts

tolkienfan · 05-13-2006, 10:39 AM

I was confused, I didn't understand what he was trying to say. I kept thinking about it and now I get it. It's a slightly different way of looking at friendship then how I used to look at it. More selective I guess. You can't call just anybody a real friend.

inked · 05-14-2006, 10:57 PM

Well, here's a lovely replay of Screwtape which really makes one recall the original:

http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.co...inci-code.html

Reprise: Screwtape and the Da Vinci Code

enjoy, fellow Lewis readers!

sun-star · 05-15-2006, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by tolkienfan

I was confused, I didn't understand what he was trying to say. I kept thinking about it and now I get it. It's a slightly different way of looking at friendship then how I used to look at it. More selective I guess. You can't call just anybody a real friend.

I see what you mean. To me his definition of friendship seems very limited actually - I think there are other kinds of friendship which can be equally important and valuable. Not many people experience Lewis' kind of friendship, and that doesn't mean their friendships aren't real.

Of course, he also doubts whether women can be friends in this way, so maybe I'm just too female to understand

05-09-2006, 03:42 PM	#42
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	CONFERENCE OPPORTUNITY for CS Lewis fans: http://www.cslewis.org/programs/inst...summer2006.htm Held this side of the Pond for the first time ever! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-11-2006, 06:56 PM	#43
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I've been thinking a lot about that chapter on friendship in The Four Loves, and I think I understand what he was saying now. A very good book. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

05-13-2006, 10:39 AM	#45
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I was confused, I didn't understand what he was trying to say. I kept thinking about it and now I get it. It's a slightly different way of looking at friendship then how I used to look at it. More selective I guess. You can't call just anybody a real friend. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

05-14-2006, 10:57 PM	#46
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	Well, here's a lovely replay of Screwtape which really makes one recall the original: http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.co...inci-code.html Reprise: Screwtape and the Da Vinci Code enjoy, fellow Lewis readers! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941

05-12-2006, 04:35 AM	#44
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	If you don't mind me asking, what did you have problems with the first time you read it? Personally I don't like The Four Loves as much as other Lewis books (though it's very well-written and well-argued, of course), and I'd be interested to hear someone else's thoughts